Nico Tortorella

Nico Tortorella is an American actor and model. Nico’s paternal grandfather was of Italian descent. Nico’s paternal grandmother was of half German and half British Isles (English and Irish) ancestry. Nico’s mother is of Italian descent.

Nico is married to Bethany C. Meyers.

Nico’s paternal grandfather was William Nicholas Tortorella, Jr. (the son of William Nicholas Tortorella and Marie Abbate). Nico’s grandfather William was born in Illinois. Nico’s great-grandfather William was born in Illinois, to Italian parents, Tony Tortorella and Mary. Nico’s great-grandmother Marie Abbate was the daughter of Italian parents, Francesco “Frank” Abbate and Angela Pavese, who was born in Laurenzana, Province of Potenza, Basilicata, Italy. Comedian and actor Ray Romano also has Pavese ancestors from the area.

Nico’s paternal grandmother is Iryl Elaine Eppler (the daughter of Ira Eugene Eppler and Florence Alta Jewell). Iryl was born in Nebraska. Ira was born in Nebraska; Ira’s father, Christian Frederick Eppler, was a German immigrant, and Ira’s mother, Martha Louise Schwebke, was born in Illinois, to German parents. Florence was born in Nebraska, to Iowa-born parents Wade H. Jewell and Jennie Hardman, who was of English and Irish descent.

On his mother’s side, Nico is the grandson of Luigi Pesce and Phyllis F. Luigi was of Italian descent. Phyllis’s parents were Italian immigrants.

Angela Romano was born in Laurenzana, Province of Potenza, Basilicata, Italy. So Nico Tortorella and Ray Romano are likely relatives of some degree through their “Pavese” ancestors who lived in the small village of Laurenzana.

The 1910 census switched the birth places of Jennie Hardman’s parents. According to the 1880 census, Jennie’s father was born in Wales to English parents, and her mother was born in Canada to Irish parents (according to the family tree on familysearch.com, her parents were both from Northern Ireland – https://familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/LD88-SYH/landscape).

He looks Italian with other admixture. Also a lot of Italians are not really that dark or have dark hair. There are two Italian women competing in the U.S open finals and some people they don’t look fully Italian even tho they are natives and Italian speaking. One has dark brown her and skin tone is lighter than the other.

The truth is that in Italy you can find all types of people. There are people who look like english ( even in the south) and people who look like even indian. so you can find people like Nico Tortorella even though they are not so common as in Uk for example.